World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule team driver) in the 314th Field Artillery Supply Company, Battery “A,” 80th (Blue Ridge) Division…
Podcast #2 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app September 29, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
Podcast #3 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app September 30, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
The West Virginia & Regional History Center will host a discussion on preserving the history of West Virginia University’s first African-American graduates on October 3 at 4 p.m. in the WVRHC in the Downtown Campus Library on the 6th floor. WVRHC Curator and Assistant Director Lori Hostuttler will highlight the archival materials documenting graduates Jack…
West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories CLASS 1: "Materials for the Historian, an Identity for Future Generations: West Virginia’s State Archives" West Virginia’s first State Historian and Archivist, Virgil A. Lewis, stated, "Public Documents are the materials for the historian. . . . posterity can not have the means of judging, as…
Share and Save the Date! This October 7th, acclaimed independent film director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi are teaming up with The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum to host a 30th Anniversary Film Screening of Matewan at the Labelle Theatre in Charleston. Filmed in the coalfields of Southern West Virginia and featuring local residents…
Share and Save the Date! This October 7th, acclaimed independent film director John Sayles and producer Maggie Renzi are teaming up with The West Virginia Mine Wars Museum to host a 30th Anniversary Film Screening of Matewan at the Labelle Theatre in Charleston. Filmed in the coalfields of Southern West Virginia and featuring local residents…
Podcast #4 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app October 8, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
Presenter Ron Coddington. Free and open to the public. Stonewall Jackson Civil War Roundtable. For more information contact Bill Yoke (weyoke@gmail.com) or Rick Wolfe (ra_wolfe@msn.com). Sponsored by the Barbara B. Highland Fund for the Arts and Hampton Inns.
West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories CLASS 2: "Wheeling’s Treasure Maps: Using New Digital Tools to Find the Oldest Surviving Homes in North Wheeling" Professor Dan Bonenberger of Eastern Michigan’s Historic Preservation Program will discuss how he is leading an effort to identify houses from the 1830s to 1860s by analyzing old…
